Mixed Multitudes
The Grand Spectacle of AIPAC
Over the next three days, journalist Simona Fuma will be guest blogging from the AIPAC Policy Conference.It started yesterday. “Look ...
9/11 And the Hasidic Rabbis
In like fifty years, when people are less sensitive about 9/11, I would like to be in a punk band ...
The Parve Baker
One of my favorite people is Jennifer Joseph, the publisher, editor-in-chief, and almost everything else behind the independent publisher Manic ...
Poll: Birthright Attendance
A couple nights ago, riding on the subway, I overheard a conversation between a guy and a girl near me ...
Wise Fridays: Our Happiness
Our happiness depends upon enjoyment and enjoyment depends upon the swift sentiment with which each beauty surprises our senses. Unhappy ...
[Insert Your Own Penis Joke Here]
Ah, the circumcision debate. As a single woman with no kids I get to just sit back and watch everyone ...
Joan Nathan: My Stomach Salutes You
If you peruse the recipe index on our site, you’ll find a number of articles by Joan Nathan. Over the ...
“How Jews Look” and the Identity Police
Last week, we released How Jews Eat, the second in our new “How Jews Do Stuff” video series — which ...
Lost and the Book of Judges
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen last night’s episode of Lost, The Variable, you should go watch it now. If ...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the Sacks Siddur
Rabbi Sir Dr. Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and author of the brand-spankin’-new Koren Sacks Siddur and ...
Israel In Maps
Today is Yom Ha’atzmaut, and though I normally spend Israel’s birthday dancing and eating falafel, this year I’m limiting myself ...
A Plan to Solve the Middle East Conflict
Today is Israel Independence Day. While all of you are celebrating 61 years with falafel and dancing, I’m busy sitting ...